wild oat
(Avena fatua)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy
Conservation Status |
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | NNA - Not applicable SNA - Not applicable |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Height |
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Up to 48″ |
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Similar Species |
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Common oat (Avena sativa) reaches only 24″ at maturity. |
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Biology |
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Flowering |
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Mid-spring |
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Use |
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Distribution |
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Nativity |
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Native to Asia, Europe, Northern Africa, and the Indian subcontinent. Introduced to North America; escaped cultivation; naturalized. |
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Taxonomy |
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| Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
| Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
| Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
| Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
| Class | Liliopsida (monocots) | ||
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Poales (grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies) | ||
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Poaceae (grasses) | ||
| No Rank | BOP clade | ||
| Subfamily | Pooideae | ||
| Supertribe | Poodae | ||
| Tribe | Poeae | ||
| Subtribe | Aveninae | ||
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Avena (oats) | ||
Synonyms |
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Anelytrum avenaceum Avena fatua ssp. meridionalis Avena fatua var. glabrata Avena fatua var. intermedia Avena fatua var. vili Avena fatua var. vilis Avena intermedia Avena lanuginosa Avena meridionali Avena patens Avena pilosa Avena sativa var. fatua Avena sativa var. sericea Avena septentrionalis Avena vilis |
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Common Names |
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drake flaver flaxgrass oatgrass potato oats red oats spring wild oat Tartarian oat wheat oats wild oat wild oats |
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| Wildcrafting Avena fatua (Wild Oats) niacuherbs |
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About
Uploaded on Apr 12, 2011 Wildcrafting Avena fatua (Wild Oats) with herbalist, Lynda Emashowski near San Luis Reservoir, California on April 12, 2011. |
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| New Methods of Wild Oat Control Can Save Time & Money Shaun Haney |
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Published on May 29, 2013 Neal Harker discusses some of the new research into wild oat control. |
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